'Help, it's a dinosaur just like Godzilla!' Man calls firemen about iguana on his roof

'Help, it's a dinosaur just like Godzilla!' Man calls firemen about iguana on his roof

LIAN Hsu called confused firefighters to his home when he insisted a dinosaur was smashing up the roof.

Published 18th July 2014

KING OF MONSTERS: What Lian Hsu thought was a dinosaur on his roof turned out to be an iguana [EUROPICS/GETTY]

The 43-year-old said he knew it was a dinosaur because it looks just like the Godzilla pictures he had seen outside the local cinema, in Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Lian added he was worried that after smashing the roof, the mysterious beast might attack him or his family.

Despite their scepticism firemen had rushed to the Chinese man's home where they discovered not a dinosaur, but a distant relative in the form of a one metre long iguana.

As a native of South America it is not surprising that the man had not recognised the reptile, and firemen believe it was someone's pet that had recently escaped.

“I hope the owner turns up to claim it, because I plan to sue him to get my roof repaired”

Lian Hsu

Unsure if it was dangerous, they had approached with care and used thick gloves and glasses to capture the beast. In the end, quite a bit of damage had been caused to the tiled roof of the man's house not only from the lizard but also with the firemen clambering over it.

Lian added: "I hope the owner turns up to claim it, because I plan to sue him to get my roof repaired."

With the fact that the owner might also have to stump up for the cost of the iguana's rescue, it looks as if the wayward pet is likely to become a permanent feature at the local zoo where it is currently residing.